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Dec. 10,1929. J. H. WILHELM 9,

EYE FRAZING MACHINE Filed D80- 13, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENIOR.

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I f ATTORNEY Dec. 10, 1929. J. H. WILHELM EYE FRAZING MACHINE Filed Dec. 15. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INID/ENTOR. [i Wilhelm aaafl I ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 10, 1929 UNITED? STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHNII. WILHELM, OF ROCKAWAY BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MAR-KON MANUFACTURING YORK 00., ING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW EYE mama MACHINE Application filed December 13, 1927. Serial No. 239,727.

This invention relates tov an eye frazing machine, that is to a machine for frazing, or lllllllllg, the sockets which recelve the eyes 1n doll heads and the like, andan object of the ployed but embodying means for quickly and accurately moving the doll head from-one position to another for bringing the eye sockets of the headinto correct register with the single frazing tool. 1 1

A further object is to provide a machine as indicated so constructed that it may be.

formed through the neck opening of a doll readily adjusted for operation upon doll heads or similar articles of different sizes. A further and more specific ob ect is to provide a machine having a single frazing tool, said machine also including a platform portion or receiving the doll head in'a given position thereon, and said platform portion being pivotally mounted to swing into two precise positions with respect tothe frazingtool and to provide spring means operable to scope of protection contemplated will be in dicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and

in which I have shown merely a, preferred form of embodiment of the invention Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a machine constructed in accordance with this invention, a portion being broken away and shown 1n horizontal section for the disclosure of details.

Fig. 2 isa side elevational view of the structure seen in Fig. 1 and there being illustrated a doll head and supporting means therefor on the platform portion ofthe machine. I c Fig. 3 is a view similar to that seen in Fig.

2 but showing the platform portion swung into operative position with respect to the single frazing tool. 7 V

Fig. 4 is a front elevationallview of the machine showing the parts thereof in the position seen in Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5. is a view similar to the upper portion of Fig. 3, but being on a somewhat smaller scale and illustrating the manner in which the frazing operation may be perhead.

Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the structure therein illustrated, the

reference character L indicates a base or body portion from which rises a pair of standards {as 1 and 2 spaced apart and each of said standards having a bearing opening as 3 at its upper end.

Adjacent these standards is arranged a vertical spindle 4t rotatably mounted in bearings as 5 and 6 carried by the standards, said spindle being adapted to be driven by any suitable means as for instance a drive belt or the'like as 7 which engages a pulley 8 fixed upon the spindle.

At its upper end the spindle is provided with a suitable frazing tool as G which of course is so connected with the spindle as to rotate therewith.

Pivotally 'mounted within the bearings 33 of the standards is a carrier 9 upon which in turn is pivotally mounted the platform member H designed for supporting the doll head or other article which is to be operated upon by the frazer G, said platform member being connected with thecarrier 9.

,carrier 9 toswing freely about a ye t Suitable adjustable stops as 11 and 12 are provided for engaging between the platform member and the carrier 9 for determining the limits of movement of the platform member, the stops 11 and 12 in the instance illustrated being carried upon the underesurface of the platform member and arranged to engage the adjacent forward edge surface 13 of the carrier.

A handle 14 is arranged at the forward edge of the platform member for convenient manualmanipulation of the plattorm member not only in a horizontal plane but also in a vertical plane as will be presently re.- ferred to. I

A ly pp opr mea m y e Provide for holding the platform member in either of its extreme positions, andior this purpose the drawing illustrates a compression spring; 15. This spring is carried upon slide rod 16 which is pivotally mounted as at17 upon the platform member by one end and has its opposite end slidable through abutment member 18 which is pivotally mounted upon the icalaxis. The spring 15 has one of its ends the abutment 18 andthe other end engaging a shoulder 19 provided upon therod 16.

The pivot 17 is so disposed with respect to the pivot 10 of the platform member that it will move from one side to the other of a straight line between the pivot 10 and the abutment 1.8 when the platform member is ss izon al y to. orp st e m s an thus the expanding tendency oi": the spring will always serve to hold the platform member in either of its extremes, and yet the power o f the spring be readily manually overcome by manipulation of handle 14.

The platfc member 1-1 is intended to carry the doll head or other article as- 2O which to be operated upon by the frazer G, and appropri t as may-be u uley for r9 .1 0f e head area t pla in so that successive heads may be similarly placed. For-this purpose the drawings, Figs. 2 and 3, igllttstrate a suitable plastic mold the like as 21 fixed to the platform, and bei of a surfacecopto u' to exactly vconform to the contour of the heads whichare to he sart r al er w- A series c mp me her as 22, or any other iorm of retaining means may be used in association w th this mold for holding the head temporar fly .connected therewith.

he la i. o he Pivot bear ng :3 wit the irazier is such that when the platform mem mma -r a d -y thin sa d Pi i i t by 1 6ill1$0f han le 14. ,11 o th a e is ev c s t -as @r th 01 h a will be broug it against the fraz er, according to whe her h rl o $i lQI o ts er re e othe e t t opera b en ami la-ed m t fist y sache i i upst te as mere y a swin the platform member about the pivot 10 into its opposite position and thereafter again move the head into engagement with the frazer to thus efiect the framing of the second eye socket.

it is desirable that suitable means be pro vided for limiting; the extent to which the eye sockets may be pressed against the frazer, and to this end the drawing suggests the use of an adjustable stop device 2 1 carried by the standard 2 and disposed to be engaged by an arm 2;) which is fixed to the carrier 9. By this arrangement the operator has merely to continue his pressure of the platform member toward the trazer until the limit oi movement is reached as defined by the stops Edd-25, and thus all successive frazing operations will be of uniform depth.

As hereinbefore suggested it is a feature of of this invention to construct the machine as to adaptit for use upon .doll heads or the like different sizes and to this end the d airings which form a part hereof provide for adjustment of the pivotal support of? the carrier 9 with respect to the ttrazer. The standards 1 and 2 for instance are shown to be provided with a series of bearing' openings as fab-26 adjacent the bearing all arranged in a row extending in a general direction radially from the frazer, and the pivot pins or like members as 27 which ene'a 1e wi thin the bearing; openings 3 are yieldable so th at they may 7 e readily disengaged from said bearin z's and moved into engagement with any selected pair of the openings 26-26.

Bythis means the distance of the pivotal mounting for the carrier 9 from the irazcr in y be varied at will, and hence doll heads or si .lar articleshaving openings to be trazed may be readily accommodated although aid openings may occur within a wide range of different positions with respect to the platform member.

As a simple expedient by which to render the pivot members 27 readily adj ustablc from hearing opening to hearing; .openin 5,1" the drawing suggests, see Fig. 1, that said pivot 111emhers be each provided at the outer end of a rod 28 said rod extending through a cavity as 29 provided upon the carrier 9 and havinga ndle piece as 30 at its inner end. A. coinpre ion spring 31 is arrzmpgcd within the cavity for urging; the rod outwardly and the handle piece is shaped to provide two steps as 32 and co-operative with similar steps which are pr vided upon the abutting surface of the carrier 9. By these means the pivot members 27 may be readily withdrawn from engagement with the standards 1 and 2 and be held Withdrawn by simple rotary movement of the handle pieces 01 into position with their higher steps engaging the higher steps ofthe carrier 9. l f th the pivot members thus held withdrawn the carrier 9 bemov ed into any desired position and standards, all as will be readilyunderstood from an inspection of the drawings.

A suitable form of support is provided as a rest upon which the platform may repose when in its normal inoperative position, as for instance a standard as 34 may be provided upon the base L Within the upper end of which is vertically slidable a rod 35,the upper end of said rod being positioned to be engaged by the under-surface of the platform; A suitable set-screw or other retaining member as 36 is provided for holding the rod at any position to which it is adjustably moved to thereby correspond with the different adjustable positions of the carrier within the bearings 3-26.

Attention is particularly directed to the fact that by the use of means as herein suggested for definitely defining two positions of the doll head with respect to the frazer it is possible to operate upon any number of doll heads of like size in such manner that the in frazing or milling a plurality of spaced portions of any article it is particularly adaptable, and in fact the structure shown herein is primarily designed, for frazing the two eye sockets of a doll head. The doll head may be a substantially complete head as in- Fig. 5 or it may be a half-head as in Figs. 2 and 3, the machine being admirably qualified to perform its frazing operation upon the eye sockets of half-heads regardless of whether the head be placed on the'platform with its neck opening toward the operator as in Figs. 2 and 3 or away from the operator as in Fig. 5. When the head is placed upon the platform with the neck opening facing away from the operator as in Fig. 5 it is immaterial whether the head has only a neck opening for admission of the frazing tool G or whether it be a half-head, and here it may be mentioned that one of the most important advantages of the present invention is its ability to operate upon the complete heads having only neck openings for admission of the frazing tool.

The illustration Fig. 5 shows, by means of dot and dash line 37, the relative path of movement of the frazing tool to and from its work through the neck opening 38 of the head, it being. borne in mind of course that in the structure illustrated it is the head Which moves and not the frazing tool. In

arranging the doll head upon the platform it is simply necessary to so dispose it that the edge walls of the head defining the neck opening 38 clear the frazing tool and allow the head to swing unhindered about the tool to bring the eye sockets of the headagainst the tool whenever the operating handle is thrown up, it being noted that the platform, with the head, may be as readily swung to-its two transverse portions about the pivot- 10 here as before.

Adjustment of the pivot pins 27 into any selected pair of bearing openings in the standards 1 and 2 may be resorted to if and whenever found necessary to' facilitate the clear swinging of any given size or type of doll head about thefrazing tool.

As many changes could be made in this construction without, departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, itis intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying,drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is v V 1. A machine for frazing the two, eye sock: ets of a doll'head, said machine'co'mprising a single frazing tool, a carrier pivotally mounted to swing upon a horizontal axis, awork supporting platform connected with said carrier to swing therewith for disposing the work in operative association with said tool, and the connection between the carrier and said work supporting platform being of a character providing for movement of said platform into opposite extreme positions with respect to the carrier for thereby enabling frazing of the two eye sockets successively,

together with resilient means to hold said platform into either of its extreme positions.

2. A machine for frazing the two eye sockets of a doll head, said machine comprising a single frazing tool, a carrier pivotally mount-' edto swing upon a horizontal axis, a work supporting platform connected with said carrier to swing therewith for disposing the work in operative association with said tool,

andthe connection between the carrier and 1 said. work supporting platform being of a character providing for movement of said platform into opposite extreme positions with respect to the carrier for thereby enabling frazing of the two eye sockets successively, 7

together with resilient means to urge said platform into either of its extreme positions and adjustable stop means for determining said limits.

3. A machine for frazing the two eye sockwith the tool, and means whereby said supporting member is adjustable to alter the position of the pivotal axis thereof with respect to the tool.

4. A machine for fra-zing the two eye sockcts of a doll head, said machine comprising a single irazing tool, a work supporting member pivotally mounted upon the machine to swing with respect to the tool for thereby disposing the work into operative engagement with the tool, and means whereby said supportingmember is adjustable to alter-the position of the pivotal axis thereof with respect to the tool, together with a rest for said supporting member adjustable to accommodate difierent positions of the supporting member.

5. A machine for fra zingthe two eye sockets of a doll head, said machine comprising a single frazing tool, a carrier for the-work, a pair of standards each having a plurality of bearings provided thereimpivot members for engaging within selected ones of said bear,-

in sb which said-carrier is ivotall mount- I e 3 ed to enable movement'of the work into and out of operative engagement with said tool, and means whereby said pivot members may be readily disengaged from said bearings for transfer to other-selected bearings at will.

6. A machine for frazing an eye socket of a doll head where n the frazlng operation is to "be performed through the neck opjening of the head, said machine comprising a fraZing tool, a movable carrier; means by which to support the head upon the carrier so that movement or" the carrier will cause the tool to pass relatively through the neck opening of the head and to its work upon theveye socket oi the head.

7. A machine for frazingthetwo eyesockets of a doll head wherein the frazing operation is to be performed through the neck opening of the head, said machine comprising a single frazing tool, a movable carrier;

' means by which to support the head upon. the

carrier so that movement of the carrier will cause the tool to pass relatively through. the neck opening of the head, and the carrier comprising also means by which the head may be moved otherwise with respect tothe tool for disposing the head so that the tool will operate upon the eye sockets successively,

8. machine for frazing an eye socket of a doll head wherein the hazing operation is to be performed through the neck opening of the head, said machine comprising a frazing tool, and a carrier for the head, means by which said carrier pivotally mounted to swing the head over the frazing tool so that said tool will pass relatively through the neck opening of the head and to its work upon the eye socket of the head, and means whereby the pivotal axis of said carrier may be altered at will with respect to the tool.

.9- A ma hi e e ree ng th t s ace eye sockets of a doll head, said machine comprising a single irazing tool, a carrier for the doll head movable into two different posi tions, movement of the carrier into one oi its positions being of a character to dispose one of the eye sockets oi the head into operative engagement with the Erasing: tool, and movementof the carrier into its other posit ion be ing of a character to move the head for oisposing the other eye socket into operative engagement with said frazing tool,

10. A machine for ii'razing the two sumo-ed eye sockets of a doll head, said machine comprising a single frazing tool, a doll head carrier, and means by which the carrier is pivotally mounted to swing about one axis to and from the frazing tool and about another axis at an angle to the first axis to dispose one or the other of said eye sockets for engagement by said tool selectively at will together with means engaging the doll head to hold it in position upon said carrier and a handle by which to manually manipulate said carrier.

11. A machine for {racing the two sp: cod eye sockets of a doll head, said machine comprising a single trazing tool, a carrier for the doll head, manually operable means whereby said carrier is selectively movable into two difierent positions required for disposing the eye sockets selectively into operative engagement with the tool, and snap acting means to urge the carrier into either sclected position.

12. A machine for frazing the two spaced eye sockets of a doll head, said machine comprising a Vertically disposed spindle, means by which said spindle is rotatably mounted to rotate upon a ertical axis, a tracing tool fixed to the upper end of said spindle to rotate therewith, a normally horizontally disposed carrier adjacent said :lrazinc; tool, means by which said carrier is pivohdly supported to swing about a horizontal HXIFE, av work supporting platform also normally horizontal, means by which said work supporting platform is pivotally connected with said carrier to swing with respect thereto about an axis at right angles to said. first mentioned axis, means by which to define the position of a doll head supported upon said platform, the pivotal mounting of said carrier being of a character to enable swinging movement of the head into and out of proximity with said frazing tool, and the pivotal mounting of the platform upon the carrier being of a character to enable selective engagement oi? the eye sockets of the head with the frazing tool.

In testimony whereof I aflii; my signature.

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